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>Sergio,
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>About printing, have you tried to use the ToPrinter() method, using the available parameters ?
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>Having the possibility to obtain a physical image or an image object, you can customize your reports the way you desire using the report engine !
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>What exactly to you need for printing ?

Hi Cesar,
Oh Yes I did :)
I managed to do more/less what I wanted already using those and few more
API samples. I am very gratefull for this!

What I mean by tranparency of drawing to any surface could be illustrated
along this oop scenario... (which I am trying to achieve in some form)

local oGraphics,oCanvas
oGraphics=createobject('GdiPlusX2Any')

oGraphics.oCanvas = .CreateCanvas( _screen.hwnd ) 
or
oGraphics.oCanvas = .CreateCanvas( thisform.hwnd )
or
oGraphics.oCanvas = .CreateCanvas( thisform.ScrollableContainer.ImageCanvas )
or,or,or


*Then I can parse that whole oGraphics object all over the place
*and do drawing from where ever we want

procedure myCustomDrawings 
lparameters oGraphics
oGraphics.DrawString(,,,'VFPX Rocks!', ,,,,,    )
oGraphics.DrawThis()
oGraphics.DrawThat()
oGraphics.DoThis()
oGraphics.DoThat()

oGraphics.oCanvas.Refresh()  && or .draw() For all screen based surfaces
** state should be preserved

**And then finally but very important for printing 

oGraphics.oCanvas.ToPrinter(cPrinterName,'A3','LANDSCAPE',,,,,,,,,,,,,)

Now parameters (',,,,,,,,,,,,' part) by all means are not supposed to be binary API structures like in those scarry API samples but plain chars/numbers (as you people already did there in ToPrinter() method !).

So what I meant is to have another 10,15 parameters (or custom object oParams.Property1,2,,) that I can reliably set, parse and this way control all (or most important) aspects of printing.

Or that could also mean that there is some object/class entity which would take care of crunching binary/hex structures, communicating with printer via API interfaces and all other hard stuff, while average FoxHead can simply read/learn parameter specs instantiate some (printer control) object, set few properties and send his drawings to desired
printer.

Humble right ? <vbg>